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19393016

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-4-27
pubmed:abstractText
Here, we describe use of a reductionist brain model, the brain tissue slice, to generate snapshots of functional metabolism in response to a pharmacological (GABAergic) perturbation. Tissue slices prepared from Guinea pig cerebral cortex were incubated for 1 h in the presence of [3-13C]-pyruvate and ligands with affinity for GABA receptors. The resultant patterns of 13C flux and metabolite levels were measured by 13C/1H NMR spectroscopy, generating 'metabolic fingerprints' for each ligand. Effects of agonists and effectors at GABA receptors (A, B, and C types) were examined, compared to those of exogenous GABA and evaluated using multivariate statistical models. Data clusterings did not directly correlate with GABA receptor types but produced at least five distinct groups ranked according to their affinity for GABA. As our experimental model retains, to a large extent, the structure and function of normal brain tissue, the generated database can be used to assess GABAergic ligands and make unique inferences relevant to their modes of action in brain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1471-4159
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
109 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
109-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Now I know my ABC. A systems neurochemistry and functional metabolomic approach to understanding the GABAergic system.
pubmed:affiliation
Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia. c.rae@unsw.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't